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S moke S ignals
JULY 15, 2016
Widlife visits
Name changes in Tribal Court
Tribal Court provides both minor and adult name changes to enrolled
members for a filing fee of only $30. If you have any questions or would
like to request a packet, contact Devin Larsen at 503-879-2303 or devin.
larsen@grandronde.org.
Last successful proposal
occurred eight years ago
ELECTION continued
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Contributed photo
On Friday, June 10, and Thursday June 30, the Natural Resources
Department’s Parks and Recreation Program hosted four of the
preschool classes at the nature trail behind the Natural Resources
offices. The children toured the Natural Resources Department and
were shown the various buildings and their uses. After the tour, the
youths went on a nature walk and saw many flowers, trees, bugs and
even a snake. They also had a picnic lunch on the picnic tables in the
area behind the offices and after that they got to have fun with the fire
truck and spray some water. The Silviculture/Fire Prevention team had
some stickers, pencils and other goodies to hand out to the children.
Thursday, August 18 th , 2016 9:00am – 5:30pm
Friday, August 19 th , 2016 9:00am – 5:30pm
Thursday, August
August 20
18 th th , , 2016
2016 9:00am
9:00am – – 1:00pm
5:30pm
Saturday,
August 19 to th , expediently
2016 9:00am
– 5:30pm
Elders
will have a special Friday,
line established
fill their
requests. To ensure this, only Elder
2016
9:00am – 1:00pm
Saturday,
20 , for
orders will be filled using
this line. August
Thank you
understanding
and consideration of others.
Elders will have a special line established to expediently fill their requests. To ensure this, only Elder
OFFICE DISTRIBUTION
orders will be filled using this PORTLAND
line. Thank SATELLITE
you for understanding
and consideration of others.
th
Fish will PORTLAND
not be available
to those
who DISTRIBUTION
do not preregister.
SATELLITE
OFFICE
Wednesday, August 24th, 2016 at 10am – 4pm.
Preregistration
required
BEFORE to Wednesday,
August
17 th 2016 at 4pm.
Fish will is not
be available
those who do
not preregister.
Please contact
Lisa Archuleta
to preregister
up.
(503) 879-1881
Wednesday,
August
24th, 2016 for
at pick
10am
– 4pm.
Preregistration is required BEFORE Wednesday, August 17 th 2016 at 4pm.
If picking
up for others, a signed release AND copy of Tribal ID or CIB is required!
required !
Please contact Lisa Archuleta to preregister for pick up. (503) 879-1881
No early or late pickup
Fish will
NOT AND
be mailed
If picking up for others, a signed
release
copy of Tribal ID or CIB is required!
required !
If you have any questions please call
Natural
No the
early
or late Resources
pickup Department (503)879-2424.
Fish will NOT be mailed
If you have
any questions please call the Natural Resources Department (503)879-2424.
I
, Roll Number
give
I
,
, Roll permission
Number to pick up my salmon. ,
Signature
give of Tribal Member:
Date: up my salmon.
permission to pick
copy Member:
of Tribal ID or CIB MUST accompany this Release.
Release . No Exceptions!
Signature of A Tribal
Date:
A copy of Tribal ID or CIB MUST accompany this Release.
Release . No Exceptions!
The proposed amendment would
have eliminated the requirements
that an applicant be born to a par-
ent who was a member of the Grand
Ronde Tribe at the time of their
birth, as well as the requirement
that their parent be a Tribal mem-
ber at the time of their application.
It also would have changed the
definition of Grand Ronde blood to
allow applicants to use all Indian
blood derived from a direct ancestor
who not only validly appears on the
Restoration Roll, but also the Tribal
membership roll prepared by the
Tribe between Nov. 30, 1984, and
Sept. 14, 1999.
The second proposed amendment
would have reduced the General
Council participation require-
ments for exercising the power of
initiative or referendum and the
calling of special General Council
meetings.
The amendment would have
reduced the number of General
Council signatures required for an
initiative or referendum petition
from 33 percent of the voting-age
membership to 15 percent. Using
current Tribal enrollment num-
bers, the amendment would have
reduced the number of signatures
needed from 1,323 to 601.
In addition, the amendment
would have reduced the number of
qualified voters who must vote in
an initiative or referendum election
from at least 30 percent – or 1,202
Tribal members using current en-
rollment numbers – to 20 percent,
or 802 Tribal members.
The amendment would not have
affected the required margin of ap-
proval, which would have remained
at 66.7 percent of those actually
voting to make the election results
binding on Tribal Council.
The amendment also would have
reduced the number of General
Council member signatures re-
quired to call a special General
Council meeting from 33 percent
to 15 percent.
The election results continue
a Tribal trend of not garnering
enough support to change the Trib-
al Constitution. The last proposed
amendment to receive more than
two-thirds approval from the voting
membership was in February 2008
when 76 percent of Tribal voters
OK’d increasing the relinquish-
ment period from one year to five
years. Since then, other Tribal Con-
stitution amendment proposals re-
garding such issues as enrollment,
term limits and a Tribal primary
election have failed.